Administration's Criteria

The nation, a local authority or a public entity should be concerned in the event, etc., as the host, a sponsor or an assent.

The intent and the content of the event should be not political or religious, but highly public.

Operating its amateur station should enlarge the significance of the event; and should contribute the acceleration of understanding amateur radio, and the sound popularization and development of amateur radio.

The applicant should be (1) the JARL or (2) an organization having a purpose to soundly popularize and develop the amateur service, and having close relation to the event

It must be confirmed that the host of the event understand operating the amateur station by the applicant to commemorate the event and enlarge the significance of the event.

The operating period should be pertinent according to the opening period of the event.

In the case of establishing the amateur station in the venue of the event, the agreement by the host of the event must be confirmed, and as appropriate, that fact must be confirmed in a documentary proof.

Temporarily established amateur station, to communicate with an amateur station established on an international space stationSection 21, No. 15 Amateur Station, Exhibit 1, Radio Law Related Screening Criteria (Dempa-ho Kankei Shinsa Kijun)

It must be on the following conditions:

a The applicant should be an association that attempts the communication for the purpose of (1) accelaration of understanding and interest in science technology and (2) conducive to education.

i An organization endorsed by NASA should agree to assign the preappointment of date, time, etc., to communicate with an amateur station established on an international space station.

u Board of Education; or prefectural governor, city mayor/town mayor/village headman or another similar person to them, should host by themselves/himself/herself, support or recommend to communicate with an amateur station established on an international space station as a conducive event to education.

e Observing radio operators should be comfirmed.

o The establised period should be pertinent according to the contens of the agreement of i.

It must attach a supporting document that confirms the following items to its application form:

a A document proving that an organization endorsed by NASA agrees to assign the preappointment of date, time, etc., to communicate with an amateur station established on an international space station.

i A document proving that Board of Education; or prefectural governor, city mayor/town mayor/village headman or another similar person to them, hosts by themselves/himself/herself, supports or recommends to communicate with an amateur station established on an international space station as a conducive event to education.

u A document describing the observing radio operators' names and their radio operator license numbers.

Assignment Criteria of Identification Signals(4) Amateur station operated for temporary use and ad hoc purpose, on an event, etc.; and temporarily established amateur station, to communicate with an amateur station established on an international space station,
19. Amateur Station,
Appendix 3 Assignment Criteria of Identification Signals,
Radio Law Related Screening Criteria (Dempa-ho Kankei Shinsa Kijun)

Regional Bureau

Call Sign

Regional Bureau

Call Sign

Hokkaido

Characters of 8J8 or 8N8, followed by one to five character(s) of (an) alphabet(s) or of a convination of (an) alphabet(s) and (a) digit(s) (where, the last character shall be an alphabet)

Tohoku

Characters of 8J7 or 8N7, followed by one to five character(s) of (an) alphabet(s) or of a convination of (an) alphabet(s) and (a) digit(s) (where, the last character shall be an alphabet)

Kanto

Characters of 8J1 or 8N1, followed by one to five character(s) of (an) alphabet(s) or of a convination of (an) alphabet(s) and (a) digit(s) (where, the last character shall be an alphabet)

Shin'etsu

Characters of 8J0 or 8N0, followed by one to five character(s) of (an) alphabet(s) or of a convination of (an) alphabet(s) and (a) digit(s) (where, the last character shall be an alphabet)

Hokuriku

Characters of 8J9 or 8N9, followed by one to five character(s) of (an) alphabet(s) or of a convination of (an) alphabet(s) and (a) digit(s) (where, the last character shall be an alphabet)

Tokai

Characters of 8J2 or 8N2, followed by one to five character(s) of (an) alphabet(s) or of a convination of (an) alphabet(s) and (a) digit(s) (where, the last character shall be an alphabet)

Kinki

Characters of 8J3 or 8N3, followed by one to five character(s) of (an) alphabet(s) or of a convination of (an) alphabet(s) and (a) digit(s) (where, the last character shall be an alphabet)

Chugoku

Characters of 8J4 or 8N4, followed by one to five character(s) of (an) alphabet(s) or of a convination of (an) alphabet(s) and (a) digit(s) (where, the last character shall be an alphabet)

Shikoku

Characters of 8J5 or 8N5, followed by one to five character(s) of (an) alphabet(s) or of a convination of (an) alphabet(s) and (a) digit(s) (where, the last character shall be an alphabet)

KyushuOkinawa

Characters of 8J6 or 8N6, followed by one to five character(s) of alphabet(s) or of a convination of (an) alphabet(s) and (a) digit(s) (where, the last character shall be an alphabet)

Note:

1. If the number of characters after the regional bureau number is three, the authority assigns that ones from AAA-QQZ or QUA-ZZZ.

one character (see No. 19.50.1provided that it is the letter B, F, G, I, K, M, N, R or W) and a single digit (other than 0 or 1), followed by a group of not more than three lettersfour characters, the last of which shall be a letter, or

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two characters and a single digit (other than 0 or 1), followed by a group of not more than three lettersfour characters, the last of which shall be a letter.

19.68A

1A)

On special occasions, for temporary use, administrations may authorize use of call signs with more than the four characters referred to in No. 19.68.

19.69

2)

However, the prohibition of the use of the digits 0 and 1 does not apply to amateur stations.

Note: These are not official Japnese-English translations, on JARL and Administration criteria.
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